原文标题：
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS on recycled rocket and capsule
SpaceX使用回收的火箭和太空舱向国际空间站发射了4名宇航员
原文连结：
https://reurl.cc/yn8QXy
发布时间：
23 April 2021, 21:57
原文内容：
Four astronauts from three countries bound for the International Space
Station launched from the Florida coast early Friday morning as part of
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission.
The Falcon 9 rocket blazed across a black sky just before sunrise and NASA
confirmed shortly after liftoff Friday that the astronauts had safely reached
orbit.
After about a 23-hour ride, the Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to dock
at the ISS around 5:10 a.m. ET on Saturday.
"Watching a launch from Kennedy Space Center never gets old for me. I’ve
watched many launches and watching a pre-dawn launch is especially exciting
and just visually stunning," NASA's acting administrator, Steve Jurczyk, said
at a post-launch news conference Friday morning. "I could not be more proud
of the team."
The crew is composed of NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur as
well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide
and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
"What an incredible launch, hopefully you guys got to watch it this morning,
right as the sun was rising we took off," Kimbrough said from the Crew Dragon
"Endeavor" capsule shortly after the astronauts reached orbit.
"We chased the sun pretty quickly and caught up just a few minutes after we
took off. That was really special to see the sunlight coming in shortly after
liftoff," the mission's commander added.
McArther said, "The ascent was incredible, the ride was really smooth. We
couldn’t have asked for anything better."
It also ushered in a new era of reusability in human space exploration, as
the mission uses the same Falcon 9 rocket that sent four astronauts to the
ISS last November and the same Crew Dragon spacecraft that sent and returned
two astronauts during the first crewed SpaceX flight last May.
"I met with the crew last night, they are ready to go," Jurczyk said at a
pre-launch news conference from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. "I
asked them what they look forward to most in the mission, and they said
launching and getting up on station and getting to work."
This marks the "third launch in less than a year" for NASA's Commercial Crew
program, he said.
The launch was originally scheduled for early Thursday morning but was moved
to Friday due to downrange inclement weather. Liftoff occurred at 5:49 a.m.
ET on Friday from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
NASA's live coverage of the launch kicked off at 1:30 a.m. ET on its website
and social media accounts.
Jurczyk said Wednesday that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team received a
call earlier this week from U.S. President Joe Biden, who congratulated the
researchers on their success in conducting the first controlled flight on
another planet.
"He told the team that his grandson asked him when was he going to travel to
Mars," Jurczyk said. "So that’s something really important that we do."
"We enable commercial activities in space, we demonstrate leadership, and we
inspire the next generation," he said.
Meet the crew
The diverse crew is set to stay on the space station for a six-month science
mission.
McArthur, the mission's pilot, is married to fellow astronaut Bob Behnken,
who was part of the historic first NASA-SpaceX mission last May. In a
previous interview, Behnken said this time it's "her turn to focus on getting
her mission accomplished" and his turn to watch their young son.
Kimbrough, 53, is an Army veteran and the mission’s commander. The father of
three has logged some 189 days in space and first joined NASA as a flight
simulation engineer in 2000.
Hoshide, 52, is a native of Tokyo and will serve as a mission specialist for
Crew-2. He went on his first spaceflight in 2008, and in 2012 spent 124 days
on the ISS.
Pesquet, 43, is the first ESA astronaut to join a NASA-SpaceX mission. He has
also logged a chunk of time aboard the ISS, spending six months on the
station in 2016. The French astronaut will serve as a mission specialist.
机翻如下：
来自三个国家的四名宇航员准备前往国际空间站，作为美国宇航局SpaceX Crew-2任务的
一部分，周五清晨从佛罗里达海岸发射。
猎鹰9号火箭在日出前划过黑色的天空，美国宇航局在周五升空后不久确认宇航员已安全
到达轨道。
经过大约23个小时的飞行，"乘龙 "号飞船计画于美国东部时间周六上午5点10分左右与国
际空间站对接。
"从甘迺迪航太中心观看发射对我来说永远不会过时。我已经看了许多次发射，观看黎明
前的发射尤其令人激动，视觉上令人震撼，"美国宇航局代理局长史蒂夫-尤尔奇克在周五
上午的发射后新闻发布会上说。"我不能再为这个团队感到骄傲了。"
乘员组由NASA宇航员Shane Kimbrough和Megan McArthur以及日本宇宙航空研究开发机构
（JAXA）宇航员Akihiko Hoshide和欧洲航天局（ESA）宇航员Thomas Pesquet组成。
"多么令人难以置信的发射，希望你们今天早上能看到它，就在太阳升起的时候，我们起
飞了，"在宇航员到达轨道后不久，金布罗在乘龙 "奋进号 "太空舱中说。
"我们很快就追上了太阳，在我们起飞后几分钟就赶上了。该任务的指挥官补充说："在升
空后不久看到阳光照射进来，这真的很特别。
麦克亚瑟说："上升的过程令人难以置信，飞行过程非常顺利。我们不可能要求更好的东
西了。
它还开创了人类太空探索的可重复使用的新时代，因为这次任务使用的是去年11月将四名
宇航员送往国际空间站的猎鹰9号火箭，以及去年5月SpaceX首次载人飞行期间送回两名宇
航员的乘龙飞船。
"我昨晚会见了船员，他们已经准备好了，"Jurczyk周三在甘迺迪航太中心的发射前新闻
发布会上说。"我问他们在这次任务中最期待的是什么，他们说是发射和登上空间站并开
始工作。
他说，这标志着美国宇航局的商业乘员计画在不到一年的时间里 "第三次发射"。
这次发射原定于星期四清晨进行，但由于下游恶劣的天气而被转移到星期五。美国东部时
间周五上午5点49分，从位于佛罗里达州的美国国家航空航天局甘迺迪航太中心的历史悠
久的39A发射场升空。
美国宇航局在其网站和社交媒体帐户上对这次发射的现场报导于美东时间上午1:30开始。
Jurczyk周三说，美国宇航局喷气推进实验室团队本周早些时候接到美国总统乔-拜登的电
话，他祝贺研究人员成功地在另一个星球上进行了首次受控飞行。
"他告诉团队，他的孙子问他什么时候去火星旅行，"Jurczyk说。"因此，这是我们所做的
真正重要的事情。"
"他说："我们促成了太空中的商业活动，我们展示了领导力，并且我们激励了下一代人。
认识船员
这个多样化的乘员组将在空间站上进行为期六个月的科学任务。
该任务的飞行员麦克亚瑟与同为宇航员的鲍勃-贝恩肯结婚，后者是去年5月NASA-SpaceX
历史性首次任务的一部分。在之前的采访中，贝恩肯说这次是 "轮到她专注于完成她的任
务"，而轮到他照看他们的小儿子。
53岁的Kimbrough是一名退伍军人，也是这次任务的指挥官。这位三个孩子的父亲已经在
太空中度过了大约189天，2000年首次加入美国国家航空航天局，担任飞行模拟工程师。
52岁的星德是东京人，将担任乘员2号的任务专家。他在2008年进行了他的第一次太空飞
行，并在2012年在国际空间站度过了124天。
43岁的Pesquet是第一位加入NASA-SpaceX任务的欧空局宇航员。他也在国际空间站上记录
了大量的时间，2016年在国际空间站上呆了6个月。这位法国宇航员将担任任务专家。
心得/评论：
这则新闻图多，建议可以点进连结去看一下图
SPACE X毫无疑问是目前最接近太空商业飞行成功的公司
这个新闻体现出来的
是这间公司在所有想得到的太空商业行为上面的报价优势
贝索斯真的要好好加油了，都离职了，可以专心冲刺了吧
这则新闻可以同时和星炼计画这两则新闻放一起看
SpaceX 星链网速快又稳？测试用户曝“真实体验”：想长期使用
https://reurl.cc/V3xjQ6
SpaceX“星链”将颠覆网络未来！马斯克预告：今夏结束 Beta 测试版
https://reurl.cc/xgmO4E
另外非常有趣的一点是
马斯克同时拥有spaceX和Tesla两间公司
也就是说他并不是不了解AS的规格和信赖性
能够做到满足NASA的信赖性同时实现商业化又具备报价上面的竞争力
那Tesla真的在信赖性上面有外界攻击的那么差吗？
至少从统计数字上面来讲，我不这样认为
当然市场是结果论的，只能存着心里做出判断，等几年过后再来验证结果了